As the developers of this mosque keep repeating that it’s all about ‘building bridges’ then, yes, let’s have a gay bar there too.
Personally, why does a mosque have to be there? There is no big muslim population around ground zero. No matter how you look at it, it comes over as triumphalist Islam putting two fingers up to everyone else.
Why can’t the mosque be built in a less sensitive area?
As it does look like it will be built, a gay bar would certainly put the ‘building bridges’ concept to the test.

Actually, this could work. Near the Hollanspoor station in the Hague, there is a sex shop just two doos away from a mosque, and |I imagine noone bats an eyelid.
Somwhow, I could’t see this same thing happening here in the UK

Although, I seriously can’t see it being used by closeted muslims. If a muslim guy doesn’t want people to know he’s gay, why on Earth would he use a gay bar next to a mosque? Oh well, still a good idea for plenty of other reasons.

“it comes over as triumphalist Islam putting two fingers up to everyone else.”

Only to those stupid or ignorant enough to lump massive groups of people together. At least 58 muslims were murdered in the twin towers. Please don’t paint this as a bogus “islam vs the west” thing because it really isn’t.

Well, building a gay bar in that part of New York makes, from a demand perspective, far more sense than building a mosque. How many Muslims are there anyway in tyhe Financial District? I doubt many. The decision to build the mosque near Ground Zero is mere provocation and, as the user above says, “no matter how you look at it, it comes over as triumphalist Islam putting two fingers up to everyone else”.

Once again, the threat to gays and lesbians (and civil rights in general) comes from religion.

It might be two blocks away but don’t kid yourself that the aim wasn’t to find somewhere as near to Ground Zero as possible. Read the early comments from the Cordoba Institute lot, it’s clear that they wanted to make that link even if apologists try to deny it on their behalf.

One last important thing. Greg Gutfeld is NOT a left-wing comedian, he’s a libertarian one. He’s a presenter on Fox News too, their late night comedy/chat show Red Eye (http://www.foxnews.com/redeye/).

For my gay muslim friend, who was denied entry into a mainstream gay club (a place for pretty white men to hang), I am sure he wouldn’t find this idea funny or ridiculous. But I would have to worry about the intent behind building this club. It seems to me that it’s poking fun at the LGBT community. Seems like the comedian is saying “Well if we’re gonna allow terrorists to build in ground zero, why don’t we let the dirty queers have a place as well.” What is the comedian gonna suggest next? A daycare/park built by NAMBLA? Great idea but not if it’s meant to be a joke at our expense.

Look, no one is saying that those who have proposed to build this mosque (or community centre – whatever they want to call it) do not have a ‘right’ to build a mosque in that location. What I’m arguing is that it is (a) an act of provocation (b) tasteless and (c) counter-productive to build that mosque/community centre in that location. Only an absolute idiot would not have predicted that a proposal to build a mosque/community centre near Ground Zero would cause a lot of outrage, so if the aim of those who want to build this mosque/community centre was really to build bridges and foster cohesion and understanding, then their plans have failed spectacularly – this is why I don’t believe there stated aims.

@Simon.Murphy

“But I get worried when I see muslim people being demonised.”

Just to clear some things up – I’m a liberal. I would never advocate discrimination or persecution of Muslims, simply because I am a strong advocate for free speech. I also feel the same way about, for example, the BNP and the Ku Klux Klan: they must not be discriminated against or persecuted. However, this does not mean that we should be ‘nice’ to these people or embrace them as simply another oppressed minority. Most* Muslims hold horrifyingly oppressive views that, when enacted, cause unimaginable harm to, among others, women, gays, free-thinkiners (ie atheists/agnostics), religious minorities and et cetera.